Senior Backend Platform Engineer - 29 Days PTO

bol; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days to recharge

Public transport, car, parking & 充

Job summary

The Backend System / Software Engineer role at bol in Utrecht focuses on owning and evolving the backend foundation that powers bol's shop teams. You will build and operate platform services, drive automation, and improve observability to enable fast, reliable product development.

You'll join the ShopCore-BackEnd team, work with Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Spring Boot, GraphQL, CI/CD, and other modern technologies, and collaborate across engineering teams to scale the platform for

Responsibilities

• Build and operate reliable platform services that support 55+ teams
• Automate operational processes and reduce manual work through tooling and scripting
• Improve observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident response capabilities
• Work with Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code solutions
• Help improve platform reliability, scalability, and security
• Contribute to backend services and APIs by growing your software engineering skills
• Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and other platform teams
• Explore how AI can help us build and operate a better platform

Education

Bachelor / Master

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Spring Boot

GraphQL

CI/CD

Golang

Java

Kotlin

AI-assisted development

Job description

The Backend System / Software Engineer role at bol in Utrecht focuses on owning and evolving the backend foundation that powers bol's shop teams. You will build and operate platform services, drive automation, and improve observability to enable fast, reliable product development.

You'll join the ShopCore-BackEnd team, work with Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Spring Boot, GraphQL, CI/CD, and other modern technologies, and collaborate across engineering teams to scale the platform for